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who needs a lastness welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 one named
musical celebrities for this list will
be ranking the most popular and well
known musical celebrities who go by a
single name in the public eye
[Music]
[Applause]
we’ll be omitting celebrities with
multiple stage names like Eminem Slim
Shady and Marshall Mathers personas and
instead sticking to performers who
routinely go by one particularly popular
moniker 10 York
[Music]
Iceland’s reigning queen of weird and
progressive pop music may have been born
in 1965 as Bjork woman’s daughter but
she made the wise career decision to
shorten it to simply Bjork after leaving
the cult alternative band the sugar
cubes in the early 90s
[Music]
perhaps surmising that fans might shy
away from the singers long Scandinavian
last name York’s solo career soon
flourished thanks to the chart success
of singles like army of me human
behavior and it’s oh so quiet
[Music]
caving in add to this Bjork’s fantastic
and effective acting performance in
director Lars von Trier’s mm film dancer
in the dark and you have one
well-rounded and fascinating artist who
doesn’t need a last name to be
successful
number 9 /
somehow this one just makes sense this
iconic guitarist for GNR probably made
the right choice when he went with the
stage name slash over his birth name
Saul Hudson prior to joining the debut
lineup of Los Angeles’s finest rock band
Guns & Roses
[Music]
the image of the british-american axe
legend with the perennially lit
cigarette low-slung guitar and iconic
top hat just feels right with the name
slash attached to it as the guitarist
would go on to inspire countless young
musicians with his aggressive yet
emotionally moving style of lead guitar
we love you slash don’t change a thing
number eight Morrissey
Morrisey maybe the surname of the
English artist born Stephen Patrick but
it’s also the moniker by which the
singers legions of fans have come to
love and admire him
morsi’s quick wit and even quicker
temper have been bettered only by the
front man’s power as a lyricist as he’s
able to craft words that are at once
humorous fighting an emotionally
electric
[Music]
the singer has wowed fans for over 30
years as both a solo artist and as
leader of the highly influential 80’s
act the Smiths
making the name Morrissey one that is
synonymous with unique and powerful
English rock
[Music]
number seven Bono
[Music]
[Applause]
music fans might think of many
adjectives to describe this frontman for
Ireland’s biggest rock export showman
icon philanthropist to name a few the
man born as Paul David Hewson just uses
one name however Bono
the YouTube vocalist shares a stage name
fetish with bandmate and guitarist the
edge it perhaps no singularly named
celebrity has had more impact upon the
world stage than Bono whose charitable
work as a spokesman has enabled him to
raise a significant amount of money and
awareness towards such causes as African
AIDS research world poverty and hunger
number six Beyonce she may have been
born Beyonce Knowles
but her millions of fans around the
world feel more than comfortable
referring to the singer on a first name
basis Beyonce first gained critical and
commercial attention with the
multi-platinum girl group Destiny’s
Child
but it wasn’t long before Noel’s rising
star shot up to stratospheric levels
thanks to an extremely successful solo
career
[Music]
chart-toppers like crazy and love and
single ladies may have set Queen B’s
career on fire but it’s her
determination to continually progress
and evolve that makes the beyonce brand
an international success number 5
Madonna
[Music]
reinvention 9 name is Madonna few
musical artists have managed to remain
as timeless relevant or press worthy as
the woman born Madonna Louise Ciccone on
August 16th 1958
[Music]
dropping the middle and last names
proved to be a godsend for Madonna as
the singer dancer and songwriter soon
became one of the most in-demand and
influential pop artists in the world
thanks to a string of high-profile and
sometimes controversial hit singles
whether it was provoking with religious
imagery and like a prayer flirting with
goth style on frozen or poking fun at
her own superstardom with bitch I’m
Madonna we wouldn’t want this Queen of
Pop any other way
[Music]
Donna
number four sting rocks you might wonder
how a man born Gordon Matthew Thomas
Sumner came around to the stage name
sting but it probably doesn’t really
matter given how influential this
bassist vocalist and songwriter has been
to the world of rock music throughout
his forty year plus career sting first
rose to prominence with the musically
gifted group the police balancing their
volatile personality clashes into a
career which challenged the boundaries
of punk and progressive rock music
during the late 70s into the 80s the man
didn’t stop there however and soon added
solo albums and acting gigs to his
already impressive resume making sting a
force of musical nature who continues to
inspire today all I can see is it a
tradies that I want to kill
number three Adele hello its me I was
wondering if after all these years you’d
like to be sure is is a voice that has
affected millions of people around the
world
Adele Adkins didn’t need a last name to
immediately connect with fans after the
release of her sophomore effort 21 which
to date has sold about 35 million copies
worldwide hit singles like rolling in
the deep’ Someone Like You and set fire
to the rain struck an emotional chord
with listeners and have made the singer
one of the most in-demand
and respected talents in her industry
[Music]
adele’s powerhouse vocals and dynamic
stage presence may have made her a star
but it’s her relationship with her fans
that keeps her entertaining and relevant
to this day
[Applause]
I wish nothing but the best
[Applause]
[Music]
number two share timeless this is a
great word to describe the singer
actress and entertainer born Sherilyn
Sarkisian in 1946
[Music]
sher is another artist who has
reinvented herself over the years from
her days hosting the Sonny and Cher
Comedy Hour with her ex-husband Sonny
Bono to her acting roles in such films
as moonstruck and her solo career
success with tracks like if I could turn
back time and believe
[Music]
sher has also gone on to become somewhat
of an icon for the LGBT community while
also earning attention for her
philanthropic efforts for such causes as
the rights of the poor veterans and
children
[Music]
is year
[Music]
before we reveal our top mano moniker
celebrity here are some honorable
mentions
[Music]
we get a little
yeah I’ll be yelling now money over
everything money oh my my
then she wanna ass when it got so empty
peg teck teck teck teck teck in you
she got
number one prints
five
[Music]
fans and celebrities alike came out in
droves and publicly mourn the death of
Prince Rogers Nelson also known as
Prince when the artist passed away
unexpectedly from an overdose of
fentanyl in his Minnesota home on April
21st 2016
[Music]
Prince had been an influence to the
worlds of funk soul rock and R&B since
his debut in the late 70s managing to
continually impressed and inspire with
his insanely diverse output
[Music]
the man reportedly has unreleased
material locked in a vault within his
home studio as well a testament to
Prince’s legendary reputation as an
artist who never stopped being creative
and who continued to work hard at his
craft right to the very end of his life
you agree with our list which singularly
named musical celeb D you think is the
most recognizable for more fun top ten
lists published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
who needs a lastness welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 one named
musical celebrities for this list will
be ranking the most popular and well
known musical celebrities who go by a
single name in the public eye
[Music]
[Applause]
we’ll be omitting celebrities with
multiple stage names like Eminem Slim
Shady and Marshall Mathers personas and
instead sticking to performers who
routinely go by one particularly popular
moniker 10 York
[Music]
Iceland’s reigning queen of weird and
progressive pop music may have been born
in 1965 as Bjork woman’s daughter but
she made the wise career decision to
shorten it to simply Bjork after leaving
the cult alternative band the sugar
cubes in the early 90s
[Music]
perhaps surmising that fans might shy
away from the singers long Scandinavian
last name York’s solo career soon
flourished thanks to the chart success
of singles like army of me human
behavior and it’s oh so quiet
[Music]
caving in add to this Bjork’s fantastic
and effective acting performance in
director Lars von Trier’s mm film dancer
in the dark and you have one
well-rounded and fascinating artist who
doesn’t need a last name to be
successful
number 9 /
somehow this one just makes sense this
iconic guitarist for GNR probably made
the right choice when he went with the
stage name slash over his birth name
Saul Hudson prior to joining the debut
lineup of Los Angeles’s finest rock band
Guns & Roses
[Music]
the image of the british-american axe
legend with the perennially lit
cigarette low-slung guitar and iconic
top hat just feels right with the name
slash attached to it as the guitarist
would go on to inspire countless young
musicians with his aggressive yet
emotionally moving style of lead guitar
we love you slash don’t change a thing
number eight Morrissey
Morrisey maybe the surname of the
English artist born Stephen Patrick but
it’s also the moniker by which the
singers legions of fans have come to
love and admire him
morsi’s quick wit and even quicker
temper have been bettered only by the
front man’s power as a lyricist as he’s
able to craft words that are at once
humorous fighting an emotionally
electric
[Music]
the singer has wowed fans for over 30
years as both a solo artist and as
leader of the highly influential 80’s
act the Smiths
making the name Morrissey one that is
synonymous with unique and powerful
English rock
[Music]
number seven Bono
[Music]
[Applause]
music fans might think of many
adjectives to describe this frontman for
Ireland’s biggest rock export showman
icon philanthropist to name a few the
man born as Paul David Hewson just uses
one name however Bono
the YouTube vocalist shares a stage name
fetish with bandmate and guitarist the
edge it perhaps no singularly named
celebrity has had more impact upon the
world stage than Bono whose charitable
work as a spokesman has enabled him to
raise a significant amount of money and
awareness towards such causes as African
AIDS research world poverty and hunger
number six Beyonce she may have been
born Beyonce Knowles
but her millions of fans around the
world feel more than comfortable
referring to the singer on a first name
basis Beyonce first gained critical and
commercial attention with the
multi-platinum girl group Destiny’s
Child
but it wasn’t long before Noel’s rising
star shot up to stratospheric levels
thanks to an extremely successful solo
career
[Music]
chart-toppers like crazy and love and
single ladies may have set Queen B’s
career on fire but it’s her
determination to continually progress
and evolve that makes the beyonce brand
an international success number 5
Madonna
[Music]
reinvention 9 name is Madonna few
musical artists have managed to remain
as timeless relevant or press worthy as
the woman born Madonna Louise Ciccone on
August 16th 1958
[Music]
dropping the middle and last names
proved to be a godsend for Madonna as
the singer dancer and songwriter soon
became one of the most in-demand and
influential pop artists in the world
thanks to a string of high-profile and
sometimes controversial hit singles
whether it was provoking with religious
imagery and like a prayer flirting with
goth style on frozen or poking fun at
her own superstardom with bitch I’m
Madonna we wouldn’t want this Queen of
Pop any other way
[Music]
Donna
number four sting rocks you might wonder
how a man born Gordon Matthew Thomas
Sumner came around to the stage name
sting but it probably doesn’t really
matter given how influential this
bassist vocalist and songwriter has been
to the world of rock music throughout
his forty year plus career sting first
rose to prominence with the musically
gifted group the police balancing their
volatile personality clashes into a
career which challenged the boundaries
of punk and progressive rock music
during the late 70s into the 80s the man
didn’t stop there however and soon added
solo albums and acting gigs to his
already impressive resume making sting a
force of musical nature who continues to
inspire today all I can see is it a
tradies that I want to kill
number three Adele hello its me I was
wondering if after all these years you’d
like to be sure is is a voice that has
affected millions of people around the
world
Adele Adkins didn’t need a last name to
immediately connect with fans after the
release of her sophomore effort 21 which
to date has sold about 35 million copies
worldwide hit singles like rolling in
the deep’ Someone Like You and set fire
to the rain struck an emotional chord
with listeners and have made the singer
one of the most in-demand
and respected talents in her industry
[Music]
adele’s powerhouse vocals and dynamic
stage presence may have made her a star
but it’s her relationship with her fans
that keeps her entertaining and relevant
to this day
[Applause]
I wish nothing but the best
[Applause]
[Music]
number two share timeless this is a
great word to describe the singer
actress and entertainer born Sherilyn
Sarkisian in 1946
[Music]
sher is another artist who has
reinvented herself over the years from
her days hosting the Sonny and Cher
Comedy Hour with her ex-husband Sonny
Bono to her acting roles in such films
as moonstruck and her solo career
success with tracks like if I could turn
back time and believe
[Music]
sher has also gone on to become somewhat
of an icon for the LGBT community while
also earning attention for her
philanthropic efforts for such causes as
the rights of the poor veterans and
children
[Music]
is year
[Music]
before we reveal our top mano moniker
celebrity here are some honorable
mentions
[Music]
we get a little
yeah I’ll be yelling now money over
everything money oh my my
then she wanna ass when it got so empty
peg teck teck teck teck teck in you
she got
number one prints
five
[Music]
fans and celebrities alike came out in
droves and publicly mourn the death of
Prince Rogers Nelson also known as
Prince when the artist passed away
unexpectedly from an overdose of
fentanyl in his Minnesota home on April
21st 2016
[Music]
Prince had been an influence to the
worlds of funk soul rock and R&B since
his debut in the late 70s managing to
continually impressed and inspire with
his insanely diverse output
[Music]
the man reportedly has unreleased
material locked in a vault within his
home studio as well a testament to
Prince’s legendary reputation as an
artist who never stopped being creative
and who continued to work hard at his
craft right to the very end of his life
you agree with our list which singularly
named musical celeb D you think is the
most recognizable for more fun top ten
lists published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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